[Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page

[Dick]

That is tough. Most or all living ground covers require full sun to be anything but puny. Four inches of granite, without a plastic underlay, works well for me.

Dick Gross
  
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> Monica
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> mstern at mjsterncpa.com
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> We wish to remove most of a bermuda lawn and were thinking about having some kind of ground cover in a fairly large area under trees.  It would get partially full sun and partially filtered sun.  Lawn faces due south.
> 
> Does this make sense from a water usage?  What type of ground cover would stay green most of the year and be lower maintenance than grass?
> 
> Thanks
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